Transporters, business owners and residents of Anambra State are groaning over the unabated activities of touts who have taken over the collection of revenue in Awka and Onitsha.
The administration of Professor Charles Soludo was expected to usher in a new dawn in revenue collection in Anambra, a state known as the light of the nation, but the activities of touts and illegal revenue collectors are becoming a dark side of the state.
PECOHUB gathered that the touts have about 10 illegal levies imposed on motorists and residents on a daily basis; hence their activities have continued to be a cause for concern among the people.
They stay at strategic points, especially in Awka and Onitsha because of the large volume of vehicles plying major roads in those areas.
Lorry and truck drivers entering Anambra State, especially from the Upper Iweka part of Onitsha, are always the worst hit as their windscreens and side mirrors are often smashed by the hoodlums, who usually swoop on them, demanding various payments.
Some of the levies are “park and pay; daily motor ticket; daily tolls ticket; morning levy; afternoon levy; evening levy; cargo ticket.”
